- When I made the bottle mock-up in the studio…as I was shooting the images of the model,…that quick rough draft process let me know…that the concept was working…and also allowed me to try out some different…positions of the models hands.…As I was viewing the mock-up however,…I felt that there was something…missing in the bottle image.…So I went back out to the coast at low tide,…and I shot some more images…of the bottle in the same location.…This time however, I dressed up the set a bit…and added some seaweed to provide…more interesting background details.…

Now it's time to begin work on the real version…of this composite.…So I'm gonna start off with the…"Trapped.psd" image, and I'm gonna…use the rectangular marquee tool.…I'm gonna make sure that the feather is set to zero…up in the options bar…and the style is set to normal.…And I'm just gonna drag out a selection marquee…around the model there.…And I'm gonna come in fairly close.…Something like that looks good.…I'm gonna copy that using the shortcut of…Command+C on the Mac,…

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1/22/2018

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6/12/2015

Learn the creative and technical considerations involved in photographing with compositing in mind. Seán Duggan reviews the key elements of any compositing library, and then shows how to go out into the field and into the studio to capture the photographs you need to round out your own image library. He also reviews using props to expand your creative options and some simple post-processing techniques for creating different types of composites in Photoshop.

Topics include:

Types of composites

Using blend modes to create composites

Creating an image library for compositing

Photographing location elements

Using props

Photographing in the studio

Composite projects

Skill Level Advanced

3h 25m

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Q: This course was updated on 01/22/2018. What changed?

A: We updated six videos from chapters fiven, six, and seven, to reflect the most recent changes to Photoshop CC.